Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk This artwork depicts the Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk of Barrihdjowkkeng country. “This story is very old. That old man [my father Crusoe Kuningbal] when he was alive, told that story to me, to all of us. He told us about the yawkyawk (mermaid) spirit women called Ngalkodjek who lives in the Read more…
Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk This artwork depicts the Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk of Barrihdjowkkeng country. “This story is very old. That old man [my father Crusoe Kuningbal] when he was alive, told that story to me, to all of us. He told us about the yawkyawk (mermaid) spirit women called Ngalkodjek who lives in the Read more…
Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk This artwork depicts the Ngalkodjek Yawkyawk of Barrihdjowkkeng country. “This story is very old. That old man [my father Crusoe Kuningbal] when he was alive, told that story to me, to all of us. He told us about the yawkyawk (mermaid) spirit women called Ngalkodjek who lives in the Read more…
Gurla (Stingray Barb) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in the same way that rock shelters were. Bark painters in the Read more…
Wongulwongul (Dragonfly) Wongulwongul is the word used for dragonfly across coastal central Arnhem Land by Burarra language speakers. The appearance of dragonflies throughout the region usually signals a seasonal shift, marking the approach of the dry season, and end of the humid Jemberr wet season.
Wongulwongul (Dragonfly) Wongulwongul is the word used for dragonfly across coastal central Arnhem Land by Burarra language speakers. The appearance of dragonflies throughout the region usually signals a seasonal shift, marking the approach of the dry season, and end of the humid Jemberr wet season.
Wongulwongul (Dragonfly) Wongulwongul is the word used for dragonfly across coastal central Arnhem Land by Burarra language speakers. The appearance of dragonflies throughout the region usually signals a seasonal shift, marking the approach of the dry season, and end of the humid Jemberr wet season.
Burnpa (Butterfly) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in the same way that rock shelters were. Bark painters in the Maningrida Read more…
Burnpa (Butterfly) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in the same way that rock shelters were. Bark painters in the Maningrida Read more…
Burnpa (Butterfly) Bark paintings have a long cultural tradition, believed to extend back many thousands of years. In northern Australia, the walls of bark shelters in the Kimberley and Arnhem Land may well have been painted to convey and illustrate stories in the same way that rock shelters were. Bark painters in the Maningrida Read more…